#DE543B#DE543B

#DE543B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.177 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE543B
RGB	rgb(222, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 52.53, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 67.52, 38.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1498 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.177 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0876, 22.1908, 6.6251)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE543B #3BC5DE

analogous

#DE3B74 #DE543B #DEA53B

triadic

#DE543B #3BDE54 #543BDE

tetradic

#DE543B #74DE3B #3BC5DE #A53BDE

square

#DE543B #74DE3B #3BC5DE #A53BDE

split-complementary

#DE543B #3BDEA5 #3B74DE

monochromatic

#882817 #BC3820 #DE543B #E7826F #F0AFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#DE543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#DE543B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE543B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE543B	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4324F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.177 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08a72',
    500: '#de543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de543b;
$custom-light: #f08a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.202,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62542,
    "c": 0.17749,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE543B

secondary

#98D2DD

accent

#D2EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE543B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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